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The Wheels on the Bus

"The Wheels on the Bus" is
an American folk song written by Verna Hills and published in 1939.  It
is a popular children's song in the United Kingdom,
the United States, Australia,
and Canada,
and is often sung by children on bustrips to keep
themselves amused. It has a very repetitive rhythm, making the song easy for a
large number of people to sing, in a manner similar to the song "99 Bottles of Beer". It is based on fellow
traditional British song "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush".
The song is also sometimes sung to the tune of "Buffalo Gals",
as in the version done by Raffi.

The
song is now very popular for children in several other languages.

Normally followed by
"The wipers on the bus go
swish swish swish" (with action), "the horn on the bus goes beep beep
beep" and "the people on the bus go up and down" (with action).
Some versions substitute "bounce up and down" for "go up and
down", and some modern commercial recordings of the song in children's
toys simplify the tune by copying notes 7 through 9 onto notes 13 through 15.

Mad Donna's cover version

In 2002, American Madonna impersonator "Mad Donna" (Michelle Chappel)
had a hit with the wheels on the bus song, featuring a version of Madonna's "Ray of Light" over which the classic children's song was sung. The
single reached No. 17 in the United Kingdom and also made the charts elsewhere in
Europe.

The lyrics:

The wheels on the bus go
round and round.

round and round.

round and round.

The wheels on the bus go
round and round,

all through the town!

The people on the bus go up
and down.

up and down.

up and down.

The people on the bus go up
and down,

all through the town!

The horn on the bus goes
beep, beep, beep.

beep, beep beep.

beep, beep, beep.

The horn on the bus goes
beep, beep, beep.

all through the town!

The wipers on the bus go
swish, swish, swish.

swish, swish, swish.

swish, swish, swish.

The wipers on the bus go
swish, swish, swish,

all through the town!

The signals on the bus go
blink, blink, blink.

blink, blink, blink.

blink, blink, blink.

The signals on the bus go
blink, blink, blink,

all through the town!

The motor on the bus goes
zoom, zoom, zoom.

zoom, zoom, zoom.

zoom, zoom, zoom.

The motor on the bus goes
zoom, zoom, zoom,

all through the town!

The babies on the bus go
waa, waa, waa.

waa, waa, waa.

waa, waa, waa.

The babies on the bus go
waa, waa, waa,

all through the town!

The parents on the bus go
shh, shh, shh.

shh, shh, shh.

shh, shh, shh.

The parents on the bus go
shh, shh, shh,

all through the town!

The mommy on the bus says, I
love you.

I love you, I love you

The daddy on the bus says, I
love you, too.

All through the town.